My modyr grette yow wel, and sendyth yow Goddys blyssyng and hers; and sche prayeth yow, and I pray yow also, that ye be wel dyetyd of mete and drynke, for that is the grettest helpe that ye may have now to your helthe ward. Your sone[57.1] faryth wel, blyssyd be God.
[55.1] [From Fenn, iii. 20.] This letter was written after the birth of John Paston’s eldest son, who was born in 1442, and cannot be later than 1443, as William Paston, who is mentioned, died in August of the year following.
[55.2] St. Leonard’s Priory, Norwich.
[56.1] William Paston.
[56.2] Perhaps her godfather. The family of Garneys were Lords of Gelderstone, the place called by Margaret Paston Gerlyston, a few lines above.
[57.1] Almost certainly his eldest son, John, afterwards Sir John Paston.
yf wryhyn be non dysesse to yow
text unchanged: error for “wrytyn”?
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ABSTRACT[57.2]
Land in Paston.
1443
OCT. 17